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Separable Button. No. 236,880. Patented Jan. 25.1881.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JACOB H. FLEISOH, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

SEPARABLE BUTTON.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 236,880, dated January 25, 1881.

Application filed November 23, 1880.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAooB H. FLEIscH, a citizen of the United States, residing at the city of NewYork, in the county and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Separable or Two-Part `But tons, of which the following is a specification.

My improvement relates to that class of separable or two-part buttons that have a front disk with a central post, which post passes Within or over a similar post on the rear disk or shoe, the two parts being connected together by catches or locks operated by means of springs.

The object of my invention is to provide means for firmly attaching the rear disk or shoe of the button to the fabric or garment upon which it is used, so that when the two parts are disconnected only the front disk, with its attachments, will be removed from the fabric or garment.

In the drawings that accompany this specication I illustrate the manner of applying my invention to several articles.

The special object of my invention is to provide means for attaching the rear disk of separable buttons which have a central post to scarfs of the character described and shown in Letters Patent numbered 231,029, granted to me on August l0, 1880; but in practice I have found that it can be used for various other purposes, some of which are illustrated in the drawings that accompany this specification, as hereinafter described.

Figure l is the rear disk of a separable button pierced with holes A A A. Fig. 2 is a modication of the same, having extending prongs B B B in lieu of the holes A A A.

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The rear disk or shoe ofthe button is provided with one or more holes, A, and when the post B is passed through the fabric or garment the disk is firmly stitched thereto by passing thread through the holes A; or, instead of thread, the fastening may be done with wires or staples, Fig. 3.

The modiiieation shown in Fig. 2 consists in placing on the periphery or outer edges of the rear disk a series of extending prongs, B B B, which are afterward bent up at right angles with the plane of the disk, (see Fig. 4,) and, after being passed through the fabric or gar- The prongs B need not necessarily extend outwardly beyond the rim ofthe disk. They may be formed by stamping or punching out portions of the disk itself, as illustrated in Fig. 5, in which modification there is no waste of material.

Separable buttons of the construction described may be made very ornamental, and be used as glove-fasteners, and when the glove has been worn out the rear disk can be detached by unfastening the thread, staples, or Wires, or by lifting up the prongs, thus enabling the same buttons to be used several times. Such a button can also be used to great advantage on all washin g garments, such as vests, pantaloons, 85e., and for cloak-fasteners.

Having now fully described my invention, what I claim is The combination of the front disk of a separable button with a rear disk having a central post, and provided with perforations or other suitable means for rigid attachment to a fabric or garment, all substantially as set forth.

JACOB H. FLEISGH. Witnesses:

HERMAN BRINLET, L V. FETCH. 

